Road-Hogging Alligator Tries to Eat Automobile

TEXAS CITY, Tex. — A 10-foot alligator resisted the efforts of an impatient driver to move it off the road, taking bites out of a front tire and bumper of the man’s 1988 Pontiac Grand Am.

Johnny Collins, 18, was driving on Highway 146 over the weekend when he spotted the alligator. He stopped about four feet from the animal and began blowing his car horn. But, instead of crawling away, the alligator bit down on Collins’ front tire until it exploded and then bit a chunk out of his plastic bumper, officials said.